Back to the Sea
Learning to slow down and enjoy cruising By Laura Landis I’ll never make up the 18 years I spent too far from the sea. I …
Greece is the word
Planning and sailing a charter boat in the Dodecanese Islands By Van Diehl Fulfilling a lifelong dream of sailing to faraway destinations, my wife, Cida, …
Magical meander on the Finger Lakes
[x_blockquote type=”left”]Cruising New York’s Finger Lakes and canals[/x_blockquote] By Rodger Litchfield Rather than the usual weekend rendezvous at one port, William Herrick, the District 6 …
River Adventure
[x_blockquote type=”left”]The joys—and snags—of a river boat charter[/x_blockquote] By Dave Davies In recent years, my wife, Jo, and I have taken several powerboat charters in …
Around the Door
Sailors circumnavigate Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula By Janelle Peotter After months of planning, anticipation and a little trepidation, Eric Perlman and I set out on our …
North to Alaska
[x_blockquote type=”left”]Using USPS know-how, a couple takes the cruise of a lifetime[/x_blockquote] By Mike Kondrat My wife Chris and I had dreamed about cruising north …
Panama Canal Transit
Transiting the Panama Canal details the story of one sailor and her husband who fulfill a long-awaited dream of transiting one of the greatest engineering feats of the 20th century, the Panama Canal. The elaborate two-day process required hiring line handlers and pilots and securing the necessary permits.
Bareboating in the British Virgin Islands
By Greg Allen From the moment I shut off the diesel on our chartered 39 Beneteau Oceanis and watched the sails fill with the fresh …
Boaters sail on historic SS Badger
By Jana Smith One summer, my dive buddy and I took a trip across Lake Michigan on the SS Badger, the last and only coal-fired …
Boaters explore dog-friendly marinas
By Larry MacDonald & Fern Magnus-Brown We don’t recommend sailing solo through the Broughtons. The numerous tidal currents, half-submerged logs, kelp beds and isolated rocks …
Two boaters cruise West Virginia
By Linda Mangelsdorf While looking at a map of Corps-maintained waterways in an Army Corps of Engineers office, Fred Mangelsdorf discovered a short black line …
From charter sailors to boat owners
By Larry MacDonald My wife, Sandy, and I are both avid sailors, though for many years we didn’t actually own a boat. To get our …
